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Re: Books, books, books!!
Reply #60 on: July 24, 2015, 03:44:07 PM
Here is the kind of stuff I like to read.

A little Leatherman information.

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Reply #61 on: July 25, 2015, 12:34:23 AM
The Library.

(I don't have any interest in battleships.   :whistle:  )
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Re: Books, books, books!!
Reply #62 on: July 25, 2015, 04:08:28 AM
No, none at all. ;)  Have you read Neptune's Inferno by James Hornfischer?  Phenominal book, about the naval battles around Guadalcanal.  His description of the Battle of Cape Esperance is especially good.
There's no such thing as "Too pretty to carry".  There's only "Too pretty NOT to carry"...... >:D


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Reply #63 on: July 25, 2015, 04:35:49 AM
No, none at all. ;)  Have you read Neptune's Inferno by James Hornfischer?  Phenominal book, about the naval battles around Guadalcanal.  His description of the Battle of Cape Esperance is especially good.

Its up there in the pile on top of the first tall book case. Also Atkinson's 'The Guns at Last Light'. Excellent books.


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Re: Books, books, books!!
Reply #64 on: July 25, 2015, 05:50:17 PM
No, none at all. ;)  Have you read Neptune's Inferno by James Hornfischer?  Phenominal book, about the naval battles around Guadalcanal.  His description of the Battle of Cape Esperance is especially good.

Its up there in the pile on top of the first tall book case. Also Atkinson's 'The Guns at Last Light'. Excellent books.

I'm going to have to look into that one.  :tu:  Right now I'm reading A Bridge too Far again after having seen the movie the other day.....
There's no such thing as "Too pretty to carry".  There's only "Too pretty NOT to carry"...... >:D


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Re: Books, books, books!!
Reply #65 on: July 25, 2015, 08:23:11 PM
Here are a few more from my collection.









And the newest addition...just bought a few days ago...
A little Leatherman information.

Leatherman series articles


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Re: Books, books, books!!
Reply #66 on: July 25, 2015, 08:51:38 PM
Wow, those are massive collections.
I only read digital nowadays. Big collection in one little device.


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Reply #67 on: July 26, 2015, 07:26:56 AM
No, none at all. ;)  Have you read Neptune's Inferno by James Hornfischer?  Phenominal book, about the naval battles around Guadalcanal.  His description of the Battle of Cape Esperance is especially good.

Its up there in the pile on top of the first tall book case. Also Atkinson's 'The Guns at Last Light'. Excellent books.

I'm going to have to look into that one.  :tu:  Right now I'm reading A Bridge too Far again after having seen the movie the other day.....

'Guns at Last Light' is the third in Atkinson's 'Liberation Trilogy'. Start with 'An Army at Dawn'.

http://liberationtrilogy.com
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Re: Books, books, books!!
Reply #68 on: July 26, 2015, 09:54:43 AM
I'll leave a quote, too :)



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“Another thing that got forgotten was the fact that against all probability a sperm whale had suddenly been called into existence several miles above the surface of an alien planet.

And since this is not a naturally tenable position for a whale, this poor innocent creature had very little time to come to terms with its identity as a whale before it then had to come to terms with not being a whale any more.

This is a complete record of its thoughts from the moment it began its life till the moment it ended it.

Ah … ! What’s happening? it thought.

Er, excuse me, who am I?

Hello?

Why am I here? What’s my purpose in life?

What do I mean by who am I?

Calm down, get a grip now … oh! this is an interesting sensation, what is it? It’s a sort of … yawning, tingling sensation in my … my … well I suppose I’d better start finding names for things if I want to make any headway in what for the sake of what I shall call an argument I shall call the world, so let’s call it my stomach.

Good. Ooooh, it’s getting quite strong. And hey, what’s about this whistling roaring sound going past what I’m suddenly going to call my head? Perhaps I can call that … wind! Is that a good name? It’ll do … perhaps I can find a better name for it later when I’ve found out what it’s for. It must be something very important because there certainly seems to be a hell of a lot of it. Hey! What’s this thing? This … let’s call it a tail – yeah, tail. Hey! I can can really thrash it about pretty good can’t I? Wow! Wow! That feels great! Doesn’t seem to achieve very much but I’ll probably find out what it’s for later on. Now – have I built up any coherent picture of things yet?

No.

Never mind, hey, this is really exciting, so much to find out about, so much to look forward to, I’m quite dizzy with anticipation …

Or is it the wind?

There really is a lot of that now isn’t it?

And wow! Hey! What’s this thing suddenly coming towards me very fast? Very very fast. So big and flat and round, it needs a big wide sounding name like … ow … ound … round … ground! That’s it! That’s a good name – ground!

I wonder if it will be friends with me?

And the rest, after a sudden wet thud, was silence.

Curiously enough, the only thing that went through the mind of the bowl of petunias as it fell was Oh no, not again. Many people have speculated that if we knew exactly why the bowl of petunias had thought that we would know a lot more about the nature of the universe than we do now.”

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Re: Books, books, books!!
Reply #69 on: May 27, 2017, 01:41:51 AM
Barnes & Noble decided to sell the Leatherbound Classics that I love for half price!  I decided to increase my collection

today I bought these four






recently ( as in within the last two weeks) I bought these









and the ones I had before this:























If I can help, let me know 


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Reply #70 on: May 27, 2017, 04:19:48 AM
Some good reading there.   :cheers:


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Re: Books, books, books!!
Reply #71 on: May 27, 2017, 05:41:20 AM
I frequent second hand bookstores. It's like treasure hunting. Last month i got an electrical engineer's handbook for 8 bucks. Brand new books cost a ton but the rate for second hand is great!


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Reply #72 on: May 27, 2017, 05:45:22 AM
I frequent second hand bookstores. It's like treasure hunting. Last month i got an electrical engineer's handbook for 8 bucks. Brand new books cost a ton but the rate for second hand is great!

I built 90% of a caomplete Stephen King collection from second hand stores.  I frequent them all the time.
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Reply #73 on: May 27, 2017, 05:48:16 AM
I frequent second hand bookstores. It's like treasure hunting. Last month i got an electrical engineer's handbook for 8 bucks. Brand new books cost a ton but the rate for second hand is great!

I built 90% of a caomplete Stephen King collection from second hand stores.  I frequent them all the time.
Me to! Completed the dark towers with each book not getting more than a buck!


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Re: Books, books, books!!
Reply #74 on: May 27, 2017, 05:54:22 AM
Some good reading there.   :cheers:
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Definitely, even though I'm not a real book reader like the wife, she'll have two books done in a week, although I did read "nothing lasts forever"(the original die hard) in a month, I'm on "58 minutes" (the 2nd die hard) but I'm only on chapter 7 out of 41!
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Reply #75 on: May 27, 2017, 06:23:52 AM
Wow, detron is on fire.   :tu:   :tu:


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Reply #76 on: May 27, 2017, 06:25:53 AM
Wow, detron is on fire.   :tu:   :tu:
I'd say so, that's a nice little collection, let alone leatherbound!
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Reply #77 on: May 27, 2017, 06:27:09 AM
Wow, detron is on fire.   :tu:   :tu:
I'd say so, that's a nice little collection, let alone leatherbound!
JR

Yeah for sure.   :like:   :like:


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Reply #78 on: May 27, 2017, 08:38:36 AM
I am another who always has a book with me in my EDC bag. Lately it has been the works of Louis L'Amour. I am trying to build a complete collection from used book stores so it keeps the cost down. One of my all time favorite books though is a collection of stories by Joseph Conrad. I've had and replaced several copies since my college days.

From Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness."

“One evening coming in with a candle I was startled to hear him say a little tremulously, ‘I am lying here in the dark waiting for death.’ The light was within a foot of his eyes. I forced myself to murmur, ‘Oh, nonsense!’ and stood over him as if transfixed. “Anything approaching the change that came over his features I have never seen before, and hope never to see again. Oh, I wasn’t touched. I was fascinated. It was as though a veil had been rent. I saw on that ivory face the expression of sombre pride, of ruthless power, of craven terror—of an intense and hopeless despair. Did he live his life again in every detail of desire, temptation, and surrender during that supreme moment of complete knowledge? He cried in a whisper at some image, at some vision—he cried out twice, a cry that was no more than a breath:
“‘The horror! The horror!’"


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Reply #79 on: May 27, 2017, 06:44:09 PM
The wife's a bookworm, and she used to have a book collection and would litterly have one on her at all times, but then I bought her one of those electronic ones which I think was one of the most important buys I've ever given her! Don't get me wrong she actually knows and talks to two authors, one in which sent her two real books I think signed and another one who keeps buying her the electric ones.
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Reply #80 on: May 30, 2017, 12:22:05 PM
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Barnes & Noble decided to sell the Leatherbound Classics that I love for half price!  I decided to increase my collection

today I bought these four






recently ( as in within the last two weeks) I bought these









and the ones I had before this:






















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Wow. Those books are beautiful!
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Re: Books, books, books!!
Reply #81 on: May 30, 2017, 01:07:12 PM
Nice. What's in the Classic Horror Stories collection?


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Reply #82 on: May 30, 2017, 01:11:01 PM
Also - major bookworm here. I don't go anywhere without a book. Set myself a goal of 65 books this year and (just about) on target! I have a Kindle too which has upped my reading but I still prefer a physical copy.


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Reply #83 on: May 30, 2017, 04:23:35 PM
Nice. What's in the Classic Horror Stories collection?

I will get you that list when I get home.
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Reply #84 on: May 30, 2017, 04:23:58 PM
I also bought 5 more of these since they were half off
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Re: Books, books, books!!
Reply #85 on: May 30, 2017, 04:41:09 PM
Also - major bookworm here. I don't go anywhere without a book. Set myself a goal of 65 books this year and (just about) on target! I have a Kindle too which has upped my reading but I still prefer a physical copy.

Major Bookworm!

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I have hundreds (yup, as in 100x) of comic's albums and magazines and novels/books. There's nothing like flipping through the pages of a real book, sensing the paper textures and the smell and the indent the press as made in the pages.

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Reply #86 on: May 30, 2017, 05:22:34 PM
Nice. What's in the Classic Horror Stories collection?

was able to find the answer online.

The Classic Horror Stories contains:


EDGAR ALLAN POE
The Black Cat - 1
The Masque of the Red Death - 9
The Fall of the House of Usher - 14

J. SHERIDAN LE FANU
The Watcher - 30
Schalken the Painter - 61

AMBROSE BIERCE
The Middle Toe of the Right Foot - 78
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge - 86

HENRY JAMES
The Ghostly Rental - 94
The Jolly Corner - 122

BRAM STOKER
The Judge's House - 150
The Squaw - 165

GUY DE MAUPASSANT
Was It a Dream? - 175
The Horla - 179

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
The Body-Snatcher - 200

MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN
The Wind in the Rose-Bush - 216
The Shadows on the Wall - 232

F. MARION CRAWFORD
The Upper Berth - 246

E. NESBIT
Man-Size in Marble - 264

ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
Lot No. 249 - 276
The Horror of the Heights - 304

EDITH WHARTON
The Eyes - 317
Afterward - 333

M.R. JAMES
"Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad" - 358
Count Magnus - 375

ARTHUR MACHEN
The Great God Pan - 386
Novel of the White Powder - 430

W.W. JACOBS
The Monkey's Paw - 444

ROBERT W. CHAMBERS
The Yellow Sign - 454

E.F. BENSON
Caterpillars - 470
Negotium Perambulans - 478

ALGERNON BLACKWOOD
The Wendigo - 491
The Willows - 530

OLIVER ONIONS
The Beckoning Fair One - 571

WILLIAM HOPE HODGSON
The Derelict - 627
The Voice in the Night - 649

HENRY S. WHITEHEAD
Passing of a God - 660
Cassius - 676

WILLIAM FRYER HARVEY
August Heat - 705
The Ankardyne Pew - 710

H.P. LOVECRAFT
The Colour Out of Space - 720
The Dunwich Horror - 744
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Re: Books, books, books!!
Reply #87 on: May 31, 2017, 10:14:38 AM
Nice. What's in the Classic Horror Stories collection?

was able to find the answer online.

Nice! That's a good range of horror - I love that Robert W. Chambers story.


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Re: Books, books, books!!
Reply #88 on: May 31, 2017, 03:12:23 PM
Also - major bookworm here. I don't go anywhere without a book. Set myself a goal of 65 books this year and (just about) on target! I have a Kindle too which has upped my reading but I still prefer a physical copy.

Major Bookworm!

 :salute:

:salute:

The thing I like best about paperbacks is the old artwork on some of the 1960s/70s horror publications  >:D


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Reply #89 on: June 01, 2017, 04:22:54 AM
Also - major bookworm here. I don't go anywhere without a book. Set myself a goal of 65 books this year and (just about) on target! I have a Kindle too which has upped my reading but I still prefer a physical copy.

Major Bookworm!

 :salute:

:salute:

The thing I like best about paperbacks is the old artwork on some of the 1960s/70s horror publications  >:D

I agree completely. Some of the covers by Frank Frazetta and others are amazing.


 

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